i'm drinking watermelon juice

Sunday afteroon is pouring hot sauce 

         over the charred skin of grilled chicken 

sky is tender blue, rolling fluffy doughs of clouds 

         with hint of playful rain, at bay

i love this season of wilting blooms and and cantalouped-

         cheeked sun, wrinkling my face

Posted for dVerse Poets Pub, Quadrille hosted by Kim  M. Russell.  This prompt is a 44 word post, with the chosen word, BLUE.  Join us as we reopen the pub community after a summer break.  Thank you for your visits and comments.

Happy 8th year Anniversary dVerse Poets Pub!!!

Solstice

We walk with long shadows trailing
As sun sets with hues unveiling

Orange and red weaves with soft blue
We guzzle summer's heady brew

Red roses carpet, scent of green
Misting our brows with sweaty sheen

On the horizon, half-moon rises
Silvering lips stained by spices 

Grace@Everyday Amazing

Posted for dVerse Poets Pub - Couplets for the Solstice - Hosted by Frank Hubeny ~
Thanks for the visit ~

Beyond the pearls & blur-

he gives her a bouquet of red roses
one dozen in full bloom, she presses her nose
for sweet perfume, as she sits on her quilt
but what tingles her spine as she inhales - guilt

she starts to undress, scattering red petals
amidst their bed as passion pours & settles
like rainclouds, his lips shouting love, my love! 
but in her mind, she heard get rid of!

his lies taunt her, like poisoned white wine
songs & gifts that he gave someone else- brine
she can taste it - enough of this deception, no more!
she'll snare him first, as she grabs roses from floor

madness came on thorns of the red roses 
... striking, hitting, carving- as he discloses      
feathery promises until his blood stains white
sheets so bright, in the grim of midnight

here's a solitary rose in bloodied hands
the room's a river of black purple sands
she gets what she wants -beyond the pearls & blur   
a perfect offering:   his heart only for her- 

For D'verse Poets Pub - Dramatic Monologues hosted by Kim M. Russell ~  Thanks for the visit ~
This is an old poem I wrote back in 2011, which I have revised to have a rhyming couplet ~  

Outside my window

Picture by Grace @ EverydayAmazing 

The roses are abounding

    like tiara of rubies & silk

        umbrellas unfolding in the rain 

Do you see each petal glistening

    ruffled red, lavish as the sunset     

        leaning in to inhale the last days of spring

Each neck arching to the clear sky  

    slender & long as crowned cranes-

        bones tender under the prickled flesh 

Do you hear the energy & pulse beating   
     of the seeds in its bosom or curling of roots  
         in the soil, sturdy even in harsh winter season

Are its memories intact when cut & wrapped
    into a bouquet or pressed dry between the pages-             

       Or does it make new ones, birthing & rising anew-                  

I marvel at the mystery- 

    And I am content with not knowing more

       As I gaze at their beauty framing my window      

Posted for OpenLinkNight at D'verse Poets Pub ~ Thanks for the visit ~

The best Valentine gift to give

Most people would say that flowers are the best Valentine gift to give.


It doesn't matter if they are red roses  

or yellow roses

or pink roses. 

It  doesn't matter if the flowers

came in a dozen

or just one.  Flowers are great gifts to give anyone.  

But for me, a pink home made card with a heart shaped message or baked cookies would be  fine as Valentine gifts as well.     


Actually, the last two are the  best Valentine gifts to give.   


The extra touch and time devoted to making it are priceless 


as they are gifts straight from one's heart. 

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone !

All flower pictures from

http://prettylittleflower.tumblr.com/